These days smartphone technology has revolutionized the way we interact with our appliances, on top making calls smartphones can be used now for a many different things including taking pictures and videos, playing games, online shopping and browsing the web. But did you know that your smartphone can also be used to control your garage door opener?
Here are several ways to transform your smartphone into a garage door remote control for your:
Using A Bluetooth Headset
One of the most cost effective and easiest methods to enable your phone as a garage door remote control is to purchase a Bluetooth headset along with the appropriate app. By attaching just a few wires in the right places you can now open your garage door with your cell phone. It’s important to note that you need to be within Bluetooth range for the phone to activate the opener, this should not be an issue since people are used to using traditional short range remotes anyway and having their phone serve multiple purposes gives them one less device to worry about keeping track of.
Add-Ons Tо Your Operating System
There are few systems available on today’s market that you can connect to your home’s router that will allow you use your smartphone in order to open or close the garage door from either short or long distances. This add-ons are quite simple to install and many people can do it by themselves. If you have a older version non-MyQ Chamberlain or LiftMaster opener and it still working good then go and get the MyQ Home Bridge or LiftMaster Internet Gateway. It connects your opener to your Wi-Fi network and you can easily control it with the MyQ app. now. If your opener is a Genie brand equipment that it needs an updating and we recommend to go for the Genie Aladdin Connect. If you’re looking into replacing an old opener with newer technology consider investing in one with built in Wi-Fi functionality so that connecting it directly would be much simpler than trying other methods such as using Bluetooth headsets or linking router systems together.
